With all the ways to spend your gold...

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  1. Multi-Sev

    Multi-Sev Forum Overlooker

    I think the people-in-charge must really want us to drain our gold supplies (or buy andermant, but that's always been a no-brainer). First the Jesters with their "super-gems" and addictive nature, then pay-with-gold crafting and now this guy who can also sell you those super-gems (again, if you gamble enough with the Jesters).

    Everyone else can do what they want, but I'm hoarding my gold. I'm gonna sit on it, like Smaug, until the level cap is raised!
     
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  2. BigPapa

    BigPapa Forum Overlooker

    I wish I had a date for 50 expansion to look at, it would help me resist the dark side of gold depletion tactics that now surround me. I have begun to stash cubes and daily chests and lock picks Already got a nice stockpile that when opened will reveal lvl 50 stuff (hopefully of the legendary kind) instead of level 45 stuff.

    I remember when the 45 expansion hit, all the hard work of gear farming and PW grinding was trumped overnight. The new Leg's stats, turned a beefy 40 with uniques into a wannabe in seconds. Time to prep for the arrival of the expansion now, so the wannabe phase is minimized.
     
  3. Darwarren

    Darwarren Count Count

    The premium vendor has some nice vanity items, but few people want to play one-up-on you that much.

    The premium gear has very limited value in PvE or PvP. The staff has a attack speed bonus built in to the 2-hander stats, just to bring it up to 1.0 attack speed. Unique sets and good drops still offer most people better value at the moment.
     
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  4. Rhysingstar

    Rhysingstar Forum Ambassador

    They have really mastered the art of mindless grinding... The switch to gold was genius on their part. Thousands for less than okay weapons/armor, thousands for mounts, and now a new twist on the jesters... On top of that, we get the sooner or later lvl 50 increase to add to the grinding.
     
  5. trakilaki

    trakilaki Living Forum Legend

    Before CoT's were gone ... I could gather gold, GoP, COT's, craft items, open legendary gear.....
    Now I am playing the same time ... and I am collecting same amount of gold and I can't craft the gear ... so I can't open anything.

    You all thought removal of CoT's is good move for the game? Well .. they tricked you all .... :D
    Like I have said earlier ... "BP are masters of deception".
    But as long there are sheep ... there will be enough wool for our sweaters. :D:D
     
  6. Rhysingstar

    Rhysingstar Forum Ambassador

    Removing cots could have been a very good thing ... however, that's not what they did. They simply swapped the mind numbing grinding for cots into mind numbing grinding for gold.
     
  7. _Baragain_

    _Baragain_ Living Forum Legend

    The problem is that now there are too many ways to spend gold these days. Before, the only thing to spend gold on was greens, buffs, and gem crafting. I don't count the cloaks because they were one time expenditures. Now there is crafting and the jesters. It is really easy to spend gold now.
     
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  8. -HARRA81-

    -HARRA81- Forum Mogul

    Is it only me or what but I'm not feeling bad at all for those players who were spending a lot of gold for using buffs in arena xD Now I can spent mine for more usefull stuff ;O
     
  9. _Baragain_

    _Baragain_ Living Forum Legend

    I always thought it was funny when people bought those sorts of things. I mean, I can't even count how many times people ask "Mortis? Got your buffs?" And I laugh a little inside.
     
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  10. Rhysingstar

    Rhysingstar Forum Ambassador

    Exactly, they stated that removing cots was done to limit the grinding... which of course sounded good on paper... Yet, in reality they added so much more grinding because of the switch to gold.

    You need it to combine gems, move gems, buffs, ess, jesters, and now the premium npc, plus whatever changes come with the expansion.

    Doing some simple things like increasing the drop rate, guaranteeing better drops at bosses/events, and adding new interesting gear would do wonders for players and have all of us playing more...
     
  11. BigPapa

    BigPapa Forum Overlooker

    All we need now is in game credit cards or a Loan Department that charges interest to complete the model:( Probably be a task for Gnob.

    This has become too much like Real Life where I make X amount of money and have to decide what to spend the money on. The only difference is in DSO I have to kill things for a living. And yes, I have to work for X amount of hours in the game so I have enough money to spend. But, its never enough because simple things cost too much. So, the more I work, the more I have to spend, but I still need to charge things I can't afford. I used to come here to get away from RL and work. But, with the current model, its another job. And, I NEED A PAY RAISE:mad:
     
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  12. Kaimooks

    Kaimooks Forum Apprentice

    Agree 100%! This is supposed to be escapism! Money and power eh.. do we ever learn, can't even play a game without it creeping in! Anyone up for a game of Social stratification?! Two classes:

    DirtPoorPeasant
    Weapon: Bag of rotten potatoes
    Talents: 101 ways to grind potatoes

    DirtyRichBourgeoisie

    Weapon: doesn't need any, all enemies are too busy dying picking spuds for food!
    Talents: Ah who cares!
    ;p

    I still love the game but sometimes be nice not to have to grind/pay so much, becomes a monotonus chore and not something you do to escape real chores! I now look at PW and think *meh.. I think I'll clean my room instead!* ;p

    Only thing that pulls me back are the great buddies I play with! Otherwise I'd be a casual player or not at all!
     
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  13. trakilaki

    trakilaki Living Forum Legend

    You are right. That is why you should believe me when I "rant" here on forums. Because I play on TS regularly and test/check the facts against their cheep tricks. :D
     
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  14. Multi-Sev

    Multi-Sev Forum Overlooker

    There is one easy way to get the gold we would need to stop grinding for it.

    That is to gamble at the Jesters for it (using real-money purchased andermant)... no surprise there, right? ;)

    I'll just have to be happy with the equipment I have, save the gold I have and see what happens in the future.
     
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  15. DocWhisky

    DocWhisky Forum Mogul

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  16. jthames

    jthames Advanced

    At the time, I thought doing away with COT's and putting the emphasis more on gold was a good thing. Man, talk about being short-sighted!
    Glyphs no longer exists for me as everything (loot) I find must be sold trying to keep my little pile of gold (300 miserable little pieces:)) from completely vanishing. Until this, I always had at least 1000 gold in my pocket and every once in a great while I was able to upgrade an item with glyphs from melted items. No more.
     
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  17. loudmute

    loudmute Someday Author

    before cot was removed, we could craft but not identify. now we can identify but cant craft. who would do dq anymore? imagine doing the dq of crafting items to get 1 gold. It would take 3 gold to craft 3 items then to get one gold which means we end up losing 2 gold. Bring back cot I would say
     
  18. -DeathsRevenge-

    -DeathsRevenge- Advanced

    Wow... I don't get why you guys have a problem with gold, is so easy to get...... If you play Jesters..
    Seen player with 41k gold so yeah, go gamble real money, best way to get gold.. :D
     
  19. trakilaki

    trakilaki Living Forum Legend

    I came here to play Action RPG not a casino games. :D
     
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  20. SillySword

    SillySword Regular

    Someday we could go to room of Motis, Destructor, Khalys, Gorga, etc and gamble on their unique loot with our lovely gold. We all became gold member by losing a lot and getting a VIP card from them.
     
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